Investor Relations

Reverse Stock Split Summary

On July 30, 2021, GE announced that it completed the 1-for-8 reverse stock split, a corresponding proportionate reduction in the authorized shares of its common stock, and reduction of its par value per share of common stock to $0.01 (collectively, the reverse stock split).

The reverse stock split was approved by GE shareholders at GE’s annual shareholders meeting on May 4, 2021.

Purpose: In recent years, as GE’s transformation has accelerated, we divested significant businesses, from NBC Universal to Oil & Gas and – with the announced sale of GECAS - nearly all of GE Capital. Through these divestitures, we did not reduce our share count proportionally– leaving us in the unusual position of having nearly 8.8 billion shares outstanding, a much higher share count than other industrial companies.

The purpose of the reverse stock split was to reduce the number of outstanding shares of GE common stock to levels that are better aligned with companies of GE’s size and scope and a clearer reflection of the GE of the future, not the past. It also marks another step in GE’s transformation to be a more focused, simpler, stronger high-tech industrial company.

Effective Date: GE filed an amendment to its certificate of incorporation to effectuate the reverse stock split after the close of trading on July 30, 2021, and GE common stock began trading on a split-adjusted basis on August 2, 2021.

Exchange Ratio: GE shareholders received one share for every eight shares of GE common stock owned.

Process: After the close of trading on July 30, 2021, every eight shares of GE common stock owned by a shareholder were automatically combined into one share of common stock. This reduced the number of outstanding shares from ~8.8 billion shares to ~1.1 billion shares.

Fractional Shares: Registered shareholders who would otherwise hold fractional shares because the number of shares of GE common stock they held before the reverse stock split is not evenly divisible by eight are entitled to receive cash in lieu of such fractional shares.

Beneficial shareholders that hold their shares through a brokerage firm, bank, trust or other similar organization should contact such organization with questions regarding their fractional share treatment.

Dividend Payments: The per share dividend paid was proportionately adjusted to reflect the reverse stock split. On September 10, 2021, GE announced a quarterly dividend of $0.08 per share. The Board of Directors of GE reserves the right to change the company’s dividend policy in the future.

Tax Forms: The reverse stock split is intended to be tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes. U.S. shareholders generally should not recognize gain or loss from the reverse stock split, except in those instances where cash payments were provided for fractional shares. Form 1099-B will be issued in early 2022 to registered shareholders for cash payments made in lieu of fractional shares.
Shareholders can find our Form 8937 below.
GE Form 8937
Attachment to Form 8937

Additional Information: For additional information on the reverse stock split and how it may affect your shares of GE common stock, please refer to the GE Reverse Stock Split Frequently Asked Questions.

For additional information on the historic impact to earnings per share of the reverse stock split, please refer to the EPS supplement.

Broker Purchase

You can also buy GE stock through brokerage firms that act as a facilitator between individual investors and GE.

GE common stock is listed on the:
New York Stock Exchange (its principal market)
London Stock Exchange
Euronext Paris
SIX Swiss Exchange
Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Visit these websites to see a list of authorized brokerage firms.

GE Direct Stock Purchase Plan

GE’s transfer agent, EQ Shareowner Services, sponsors and administers a Shareowner Services Plus Plan that provides methods of purchasing, holding and selling shares in GE stock. Interested parties can visit shareowneronline.com or contact EQ Shareowner Services toll-free at 1-800-786-2543.

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Transfer Agent

EQ Shareowner Services is GE’s transfer agent and administers all matters related to stock that is directly registered with GE.

http://www.shareowneronline.com
+1 800 786 2543
+1 651 450 4064 (international number)

EQ Shareowner Services
P.O. Box 64874
St Paul, MN 55164-0874

Annual Report and Proxy E-Delivery

Sign up to receive future Annual Reports and Proxy Statements by email when they become available.

If you own stock directly with GE, sign up at Equiniti Trust Company (EQ).

If you own stock through a broker, sign up at Broadridge.

Tax Statements

1099-DIV, 1099-B and 1042-S
The 1099-DIV statement is sent by January 31st each year, except for reporting amounts under $10.00.
The 1099-B statement is sent by March 15th each year for all reporting amounts per the IRS.
The 1042-S statement is sent by March 15th each year except for reporting amounts under $1.00.

For more information about these tax statements, contact GE’s transfer agent,
Equiniti Trust Company (EQ). https://www.shareowneronline.com/

+1 800 786 2543
+1 651 450 4064 (international number)

Prior to 2017
Investors seeking tax statements for periods prior to 2017 should contact Computershare. https://www.computershare.com

+1 800 522 6645

Synchrony Financial Exchange

On August 5, 2014, GE completed the initial public offering (IPO) of its North American Retail Finance business, Synchrony Financial, as a first step in a planned, staged exit from that business.

Following the IPO, on November 17, 2015, GE completed the split-off of Synchrony Financial, through which the Company accepted 671,366,809 shares of GE common stock from its shareholders in exchange for 705,270,833 shares of Synchrony Financial common stock.

Click here to learn more about terms of this exchange offer and for IRS Form 8937 "Report of Organizational Actions Affecting Basis of Securities".

Wabtec Corporation Stock Distribution

Transaction Summary

On February 25th, 2019, GE completed the spin-off and subsequent merger of its transportation business with Wabtec Corporation (NYSE:WAB).

Under the terms of the transaction, GE distributed all 8.7 billion shares of common stock of Transportation Systems Holdings Inc. (“SpinCo”) with respect to the shares of GE common stock outstanding as of the close of business on February 14, 2019 by means of a pro rata distribution (the “Spin-off”), and SpinCo and a subsidiary of Wabtec then merged.

Record Date: GE shareholders must own GE stock by February 14th and hold through February 25th close of trade to be eligible to receive Wabtec shares.

Exchange ratio: GE shareholders receive .005371 shares of Wabtec for every 1 share of GE owned. Shareowners receive cash in exchange for fractional interests.

Fair Market Value: $78.06 per share, the closing stock price of Wabtec on February 25, 2019.*

Cost Basis Adjustment to GE Shares: No change to historic cost basis of GE shares.

Wabtec Cost Basis: A shareowner’s inclusion of the per share dividend amount in taxable income establishes the shareowner’s cost basis in the Wabtec shares.

Tax Forms: GE shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV reporting the $78.06 per share dividend of Wabtec. If a shareowner receives cash in lieu of fractional shares, shareowner will receive a Form 1099-B. GE will not be filing form 8937 because the transaction has no impact on the tax basis in GE shares.

GE will use a value of $78.06 per Wabtec share for reporting purposes on the Form 1099-DIV that GE will send to its shareowners and the IRS. A shareowner should consult with its tax advisor regarding the fair market value of the Wabtec shares.

Stock Redemption Program

Due to low participation, GE ended the Stock Redemption program on November 10, 2016 for GE Stock Direct Investors. If you want to sell your shares of GE stock, please contact GE’s current transfer agent, Equiniti Trust Company (EQ). Note that sales are subject to a fee of $10 per transaction plus $0.15 per share sold. This fee structure was not changed as part of the switch to Equiniti Trust Company (EQ) as new transfer agent.

Avoid Losing Your Shares to the State as Unclaimed Property

Every U.S. state puts an obligation on shareholders to remain active or their shares will be considered lost. If investors fail to communicate regularly with GE, their state of residence can take their shares and, in many cases, sell them. Investors will be required to go to the state to reacquire them, but if the state has sold their shares, they will have lost all dividends and any increase in value. Every state has this law, often referred to as Unclaimed Property.

If you hold stock directly with GE, these are the steps you can take to stay active as a shareowner:

Review and update your account details by contacting the GE’s transfer agent, Equiniti Trust Company (EQ), at least once every 3 years. The same rule applies for GE’s Dividend Reinvestment program. Vote in the Proxy each year when opportunity is provided.

Cash your dividend checks promptly. To avoid lost checks, consider setting up Direct Deposit for dividend payments.

Report shareholder status changes. If your spouse or parent passed away owning GE shares, contact EQ Shareowner Services to re-register the shares.

Immediately sign and return contact letter(s) mailed from EQ.
If you have other questions about unclaimed property, please call or write GE’s Unclaimed Property team:

Bruce Squillante Unclaimed Property Controller

+1 616 460 1614
[email protected]

Wava Houston Unclaimed Property Manager

+1 239 209 7502
[email protected]

Equiniti Trust Company (EQ) transfer agent and registrar for GE

Wells Fargo Shareowner Services (“Shareowner Services”), a division of Wells Fargo Bank N.A., has served as the transfer agent & registrar for GE. On July 12, 2017, Wells Fargo Bank N.A. announced that it had entered into an agreement to sell Shareowner Services to Equiniti Group plc (Equiniti Group). In completion of the sale of Shareowner Services on February 1, 2018, its business and operations, the transfer agent appointment has been transferred to Equiniti Trust Company (EQ). Accordingly, EQ will serve as the transfer agent and registrar for GE Common Stock.

Fixed income investor

GE Credit Ratings

Outlook:
Moody’s: Negative
S&P: Stable
Fitch: Stable

Short term:
Moody’s: P-2
S&P: A-2
Fitch: F-2

Long term:
Moody’s: Baa1
S&P: BBB+
Fitch: BBB

Covered Bonds

Overview of General Electric Capital Corporation merger with and into GE

Effective December 2, 2015, General Electric Capital Corporation (GECC) merged with and into GE (the "Merger") to assure compliance with debt covenants as GECC exits the assets planned for disposition. Upon the Merger, the obligations of GECC under its then outstanding debt obligations were assumed by GE (the "GE Debt Assumption"). On December 2, 2015, as part of the GE Debt Assumption and as a result of the Merger, GE succeeded to GECC and assumed the obligations of GECC under all of GECC's outstanding indebtedness and other financial obligations, including:

Approximately $67.5 billion in senior unsecured, subordinated and senior secured notes issued or guaranteed by GECC pursuant to the GECC U.S. medium term note programs;

Approximately $55.2 billion of senior and subordinated debt securities issued or guaranteed by GECC under the GE Capital European medium term note program for issuances by GECC, GE Capital European Funding, GE Capital UK Funding and/or GE Capital Australia Funding Pty Ltd. ;

Approximately $8.9 billion of commercial paper issued by GECC.

The notes described above, and certain other debt securities issued by or guaranteed by GECC, benefited from the guarantee of GE provided pursuant to the Amended and Restated Agreement between GE and GECC, dated April 10, 2015 and various supplemental indentures entered into in connection therewith. As a result of the Merger and GE Debt Assumption, the Amended and Restated Agreement and the supplemental indentures have terminated according to their terms.

Commercial Paper

Commercial paper is short-term unsecured senior debt issued in the open market by both financial and nonfinancial companies with strong credit ratings. It's one of the oldest and most widely used money market instruments in the U.S. and in markets around the world.

Individual Investors cannot buy commercial paper directly. General Electric sells its commercial paper directly to institutional investors only.

Our rates are available electronically on Bloomberg or by dialing the number below:

Bloomberg: DOCP
General Electric Company: +1 800 525 5471

Range of Maturities
Commercial paper is generally offered from 1 to 270 days.

Minimum Investment Amount
The minimum is $100,000 for transactions with a term of seven days or more. For transactions with a term of one to six days, the minimum amount is $500,000.

Fees
There are no fees. General Electric issues commercial paper directly. When sold this way to an institutional investor, there is no fee, spread or commission paid to GE.

Custodial Account
General Electric settles its commercial paper transactions through the Depository Trust Company (DTC), the central securities depository subsidiary of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC). GE's issuing and paying agent bank will deliver the commercial paper transaction in book entry form to the custodian via DTC.

Contacts
Sheron Palmer
Director, Corporate Investments

+1 203 229 3186
[email protected]

Contacts
Michael Taets
Fixed Income Manager

+1 617 443 3400
[email protected]

Securitization

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Contact
Blaire Shoor, Director Fixed Income Investor Relations

+1 617 443 3400
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Tax Issue Price for 2015
GECC Note Exchange

Issuer’s Determination and Communication of “traded on an established securities market” Status and Issue Price of Newly Issued Debt

Tax Information Provided by GE Capital International Funding Company Pursuant to United States Treasury Regulation § 1.1273-2(f)(9): Issuer’s Determination and Communication of “traded on an established securities market” Status and Issue Price of Newly Issued Debt

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Notice to Holders of certain medium-term notes issued by Subsidiaries of the General Electric Company

As a result of an internal reorganization undertaken by General Electric Company, interest payments made after November 25, 2018 will be treated as U.S.-source interest for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Please see attached notice for additional details.

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Investor Relations Contacts

All comments, concerns and complaints can be addressed via phone or e-mail to:

Steven Winoker, Vice President Investor Relations
Michael Lapides, Vice President Investor Relations
Blaire Shoor, Director Investor Relations

+1 617 443 3400

For All Investors: [email protected]

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